QCC Farms!QCC Farms! is an Urban Agriculture Project designed to engage low-wealth city residents in raising organically grown vegetables in underutilized green spaces while providing nutritional and environmental education. In
addition to our flagship Sixth Street and Monticello Ave
Garden of Goodness, we have also established a raised bed garden at
Barrett Early Learning Center on Ridge Street, and
QCC Farms! West, on West Street in the 10th and Page neighborhood just behind Region Ten's Jim Peterson Center. Our latest newsletter:
Down on the Farm How it works:
Volunteers earn wooden tokens for time spent contributing to the success of QCC Farms! Each week during our harvest season, vegetables are offered in exchange for tokens at Market Day!
How to volunteer at the Farm:
Call Demetrius ("Meechie") Banks or Farmer Todd (see #'s below) to arrange volunteer hours. Also, between now and August 31st, 2011, come to the Garden of Goodness (6th St. SE & Monticello Ave.) on Wednesday mornings between 8:00 & noon (weather & conditions permitting). But please call if you will be there after 8:30; we might have moved on to another QCC Farms! site. Tasks may include anything from pulling weeds and transplanting to hauling compost and harvesting.
Market Day during 2010 season 5/11/11 - planting tomatoes at the Garden of Goodness Drip lines & cover crops of red clover & barley at Friendship Court's Garden of Goodness
All abilities welcome! Parents, bring your children - Children, bring your parents!
For more information and to volunteer, please call Farmer Todd at 989-0150 or Demetrius Banks at 327-2399.